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Reporter warned NoW management they would "all end up in jail" if payments to sensitive sources were traced
Day 19 of the phone hacking trial: the jury hears Clive Goodman warned News of the World management they could all go to jail if payments to sensitive sources were traced.
21/11/13
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Edmondson extended Mulcaire's contract, after initially stopping payments, hacking trial hears
Day 18 update: the trial hears Ian Edmondson extended Glenn Mulcaire's £100,000-a-year contract after first ordering payments stopped.
20/11/13
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Ian Edmondson halted payments to Glenn Mulcaire a year before he was arrested, Old Bailey hears
Day 18 of the phone hacking trial: the jury hears Ian Edmondson halted payments to Glenn Mulcaire a year before he was arrested.
20/11/13
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Murdoch executive packed up phone hacking suspect's belongings on day of his arrest, court hears
Day 17 of the phone hacking trial: the court hears a senior News International executive packed up the belongings of arrested reporter James Weatherup and sent them away.
19/11/13
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Without fear and without favour? The press has failed to properly scrutinise the IPSO regulation plan
Brian Cathcart argues the press has failed to scrutinise the IPSO plan with the rigour it applies to wrongdoing elsewhere. First published in Press Gazette.
19/11/13
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The Royal Charter: 5 benefits for journalists
Five benefits of the Royal Charter system of press self-regulation for journalists.
19/11/13
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Sun lawyer: "possible" that he gave advice to journalists on phone hacking, Old Bailey hears
Day 16 of the phone hacking trial: News UK lawyer Justin Walford says it is "possible" he advised journalists on phone hacking but cannot remember.
18/11/13
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Reporting the Phone Hacking Trial – the Sun takes the wooden spoon
Review of national newspaper coverage of the phone hacking trial, finding the Sun gave it the least coverage. First published on the Inforrm blog.
18/11/13
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The big publishers’ latest scheme: not so much IPSO as WOOPSO
Brian Cathcart on the Media Standards Trust analysis of IPSO, arguing it shows the scheme does not deliver what the Leveson Report demanded.
18/11/13
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Newspaper bosses' IPSO scheme fails Leveson test
Media Standards Trust press release: its analysis finds the newspaper industry's IPSO scheme meets only 12 of 38 Leveson recommendations for independent, effective self-regulation.

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